elizabeth comyn

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Mar 8, 2024

anniversaries, archaeology, genealogy, law, religion, Science

Auramala Project, Edward II, Edward V, elizabeth comyn, John Ashdown-Hill, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard Talbot, secret marriage

… as our previous post: There is a further similarity between Edward II and Edward V and a difference between them: The similarity is that Richard Lord Talbot married Elizabeth Comyn in secret, Lady Eleanor being their great-great-granddaughter. The difference is that Richard III and Edward V both have mtDNA lines found by John Ashdown-Hill…
A circumstantial but viable clue to the eventual death of Edward II….

Mar 6, 2024

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In a way the mystery of Edward II is not unlike that of the Princes in the Tower (see here). In both cases supposed royal murders have turned out to be untrue and the victims have escaped to the Continent. Also in both cases the murder aspect has been unchallenged until relatively recently, with all the old…

elizabeth comyn

On the same point …

A circumstantial but viable clue to the eventual death of Edward II….